What is Persona and how does it work?

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Mozilla Persona is an easy way to sign in to websites. Instead of making up a hard-to-remember username and password for each site, Persona lets you use your email address to sign in to any site that supports it. This article shows you how Persona works and how you can get started using it.

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How does it work?

Persona lets you log in to websites using only your email address! Persona lets you prove your identity to websites through your email address without giving them any passwords. This works similarly to how you prove your identity when you show someone your ID: websites can easily verify that your ID is authentic and that you really are the person it was issued to.

What are the benefits of Mozilla Persona?

You can use one easy-to-remember login for all sites that support Persona.

You never have to trust a website with your password because they never know it. Also, your password cannot be stolen if one of those websites gets hacked.

You can use Persona with as many email addresses as you want. This lets you keep your various online personalities (school, work, home, etc.) separate.

In the pop-up window, type the email address you want to use when logging in to your favorite websites and click the next button.

If you have set up Persona with a Yahoo or Gmail email address, Persona will prompt you to log in to your email account to verify that you really own it. Simply log in as prompted and your Persona account will be created.

If you have used another email address to set up Persona, it will ask you to create a password to use with Persona only. Enter the password and click on Done. Then, a verification email will be sent to your email address. Just click on the link to verify your account and your Persona account will be created.

How do I sign in to websites?

Signing in is easy:

Click the Persona Sign in button on the website you want to access and the Persona pop-up window will open.

Enter your email address and click next. Persona will sign you in.

Note: If you're already signed in to Persona, you'll only be asked to choose the email address you want to use. You just need to click the sign in button in the pop-up window to sign in.